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Channel M interview and Mega-Photo statistical information

On Tuesday 5 August 2008 I was interviewed on the Breakfast Show on Channel M, Manchester's dedicated tv station. I talked about the background to the Mega-Photo, how I took it and how it has highlighted the changes in Manchester. There is footage of people looking at the photo, and also a selection of photos from the archive. Click to view the video. See also statistical information further down the page.

The Manchester Mega-Photo covers approximately one third of the full panorama of 860 images captured between 13.27 and 14.29 on Thursday 9 February 2006 from the roof of the Beetham Hllton Tower. Height above street level 160 metres or 520 feet.

Area covered: 150 square miles or 370 square kilometres
Angle of view: Approximately 90 degrees from NNW to ENE

Time from capture to display: 2 years 4 months
Time to prepare images for printing: around 2 months
Time to print the images: four days
Time to put up the images on the display: four days

Errors: There is some lens distortion that causes some images to be out of line
I missed two small sections in the left area measuring 17x10cm (6x4 inches) and 6x5.3 cm (2.1 x 2.4 inches) but these have been concealed by moving the prints closer together

Concept origination and photography: Aidan O'Rourke

With special thanks to Paul Cartwright at Carillion Construction plc for access, boots hard hat and lots of patience!

Also many thanks to Pollyanna Clayton-Stamm, Director of Creative Projects at Urbis for turning my 'leap of faith' into reality.

You are looking at a page on the legacy site of Aidan O'Rourke Photographer, Videomaker, Coach in Languages and Photography. This is an archived page and is no longer updated. Some information may now be out of date / inaccurate. Please go to the home page www.aidan.co.uk for up to date information. Thank you, Aidan O'Rourke